Receive the latest local updates in your inbox

Girl Forced Into Prostitution Ring: Mother

A man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a girl in Oakland Wednesday and police said they are looking into allegations the victim was being forced into a prostitution ring. Jodi Hernandez reports. (Published Wednesday, June 8, 2016)

A man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a girl in Oakland Wednesday and police said they are looking into allegations the victim was being forced into a prostitution ring.

Family of the 14-year-old girl raced to the scene of the alleged abduction in the 1000 block of 65th Street.

"In this instance we have a female in her teens that was kidnapped and now we're going further into investigating," Oakland Police Officer Marco Marquez said. "It's something we're going to look at if human trafficking is associated with this."

The mother of the victim told NBC Bay Area that her daughter told her that the suspect was trying to force her into a prostitution ring. She was seen hugging her daughter around a patrol car, with several other women consoling her as she cried while a police officer looked on.